EDUCATION BOARD.

Wellington Independent, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3852, 9 July 1873, Page 3

EDUCATION BOARD.

It appears from our contemporary that the Board of Education met on Monday and Tuesday, ;and transacted the arrears of business .which must have accumulated during the past.week or two. The following is so. abstsractiof .the business got through at these sittings;:— That rates be forthwith recovered from .defaulters. That £30 claimed by Rev.. iFather Cumining on behalf of St Philomena.'* school be paid. It waa decided to xe^ueat an advance of £600 from the Provincial Secretary to meet present liabilities. The following are the local committees.:-— Upper Hutt — Messrs Morgan, Bayliss, <£J«dby; Wairoa — Messrs Bridge, Wilson, and Fookes ; Parewanui — Messrs Watkins and Paulin ; Lowerßangitikei — Messrs Burn*, Amon, and M'Kenzie ; Kaitokoke — Messrs Morgan and Jepson ; Mar!s Hill and Matarawa-yMessrs M 'William aoad Higgie; Denlain and Omoko — Messrs Old • and Sergeant ; River Bank — Messrs Kennedy and Henson; Mataongaonga — Messrs Strachan and Sweeney. The Chairman was authorised to take immediate steps to have the school property at Greytown conveyed tathe Board. It was resolved that the salary to be paid to the Roman Catholic school at Wanganui should not exceed £150. A letter was xead from Messrs Hart and Buckley, stating that Mr John Martin revoked his promise to convey to the Board the land at the Lower Hutt on which thS schoolroom was built. The Secretary was'instructed to write that the Board declined paying for the land, but' that on Mr Martin refunding such sums as had been expended on the building, the Board would throw no opposition in mb way. Yesterday letters were received from the Revs Fathers Petit Jean, O'Reilly, and Cummins, and the Superior of the Convent, relative to the Roman CathoHc schools. It was decided to take no further steps in the matter, as there are now seven schools established by the Board in the city of Wellington, of which five are open to female scholars. The Secretary produced plans and specifications of a proposed model school house for the country districts, which, after sundry suggestions, were adopted, and the Secretary instructed to have lithographic copies flrawn, in accordance with the suggestions. It being stated that the Upper Hutt local committee — Messrs Morgan, Bayliss, and Cudby — were unanimous as the desirability of the master's wiahes b«ing res-

pecfced with regard to the Sunday school being "held in the school-house, of which his residence formed a part, the Secretary was instructed to write to that effect. The Board authorised the execution of th« proposed additions to the Tawa Flat school-house, under the superintendence of Mr Toomath, the member for the district. The Board adjourned to Monday next at eleven.